Late Pumpkin Show

Hey there, everyone. I just share stuff I like and find somewhere on the internet because I think more people should see it. Almost nothing is mine. All rights belong to the respectful owners, even if I don't know who they are.

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Luna: Do you take constructive criticism?

Ravus: Not without crying.

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Noctis: *attacks his friends accidentally while running*

Gladio, angrily: Hey, watch where you're going!

Prompto, surprisedly: Hey, cut it out, man!

Ignis, done: bitch

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My mom: Let me remind you of that one time you completely embarrassed yourself while I tell about it to the whole family.

Me:

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Lucio, coming down the stairs, waving his coat and smiling like a zombie: Noddy, my dear wife-

Nadia: You were confirmed dead three years ago, so we are not legally married anymore.

Lucio:

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Friend, telling me how I should go out of my comfort zone and start meeting real, living people: Hey, are you listening

Me:

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Shigaraki: I'm going to kill All Might.

Midoriya:

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this reminded me of someone

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I honestly wish this was a real line in the manga, I'd love that

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How I, a non-American human being, feel after every 1st October while going through tumblr:

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Hawks, during a heated fight:

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Izana, coming back home and finding out his little brother has taken a liking in an ordinary town girl:

[tastefullyoffensive]

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Quality. Content.

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the only post i care about

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This sculpture was made by Frank Ippolito. More interesting posts like this here.

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That's how I feel on my period

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This is the best advice I could use right now

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“What? Like, a disabled protagonist? How would that even work? How could someone with a disability be the hero in an action show?” local anime trash boy wonders while sitting next to his box sets of Full Metal Alchemist, showing no hint of irony or self awareness. 

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but is Ed really disabled? sure I get he lost his arm and leg

but he’s still able to move and do things perfectly

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He has prosthetics. Having prosthetic limbs (that more than once break amd need repair) doesnt make him not disabled

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It should also be noted that Ed:

-had to undergo very painful surgery to get automail

-had to relearn how to write because of his prosthesis (there’s a post going around showing he had to switch hands etc) and his handwriting is likely a lot worse due to that. This means automail isn’t super good for delicate work, unsurprising, considering what it’s made of. 

-experiences phantom limb pain and therefore other associated stuff (this was only really shown in the manga)

-cannot go anywhere too cold without changing his automail or he’ll get really bad frost bite and it will stop working

-cannot go anywhere too hot, period, because the metal attached and under his skin will overheat and he will be badly burned

-Reattachment is painful, but needs to be done frequently if he breaks or outgrows his automail

- it’s HEAVY so much so that the strain has the potential to cause stress on his body, enough that it’s even theorized as possibly stunting his growth.

-it requires regular maintenance or it will break down, as shown when he forgets to do that and it…breaks down

-when it does need to be repaired, it takes time to do that, during which Ed uses regular prosthetics (that usually don’t quite fit him).

-costs a lot of money (not a problem for Ed due to high state alchemist salary/having mechanics as surrogate family, but explicitly noted to being the reason why most people in the fmaverse stick to regular prosthetics along with the painful surgery)

So Ed can’t actually do everything perfectly and experiences a lot of extra hassle, problems and pain people without automail don’t have to deal with!  And any advantages he does have are more suited to fighting than day to day life (being able to incorporate weapons/fake out people who want to blow up his arm). 

Arakawa did her research and thought it through. Automail is by no means a magic cure that solves all problems associated with losing a limb.

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I'm glad someone said this, thank you. Disabled people have minimal representation in the popular culture and when they do, their presence is often erased or overlooked. One of the reasons why I love Fullmetal Alchemist is the fact that the author has disabled characters but they are not limited and characterised by their disability, which often happens in the media.

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Volta, eating dirt from the ground:

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Volta, coming to the table:

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Me with Asra:

Me with Julian:

Me with Nadia: